Quirarte + Ornelas

Anabel Quirarte and Jorge Ornelas (Mexico City 1980 /1979). Live and work in Mexico City.

Quirarte + Ornelas explore the materiality of objects through their work, approaching them through a variety of possibilities apart from their ordinary function. Bringing together several media into the conception of their pieces, they develop and investigation that takes the object to its materic state, fragmenting and reconstructing it into new structures in which form transcends function. They studied Visual Arts at the ENPEG “La Esmeralda”, Mexico City, and at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany. Their work, in collaboration since 2004, has been individually exhibited in New York, Frankfurt, Seoul, Monterrey and Mexico City, and in group shows in several cities in America, Europe and Asia. Art Collections: The Würth Museum, Germany. KGAL Collection, Germany. Madeira Foundation, Portugal. National Economic Culture Fund, Mexico. IAGO Collection, Mexico. UNAM Collection, Mexico. Awards: Baden-Württemberg scholarship at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany. Honorable Mention, “XIII Rufino Tamayo Painting Biennial 2009”. First place “Luna, Una Expresión Artística 09”, and National Fund for Culture and the Arts “Jóvenes Creadores” grant (2006, 2013, 2014), Mexico.